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S. C. OATLIN.

SPOOL HOLDER.

No. 359,'712. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

Jar/b 6 m STATES PATET rrisni SETH 0. CA'ILIN, OF NEEV YORK, N. Y.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION fozming part of Letters Patent No. 359,'712. dated March22, 1887.

Application filed October 16, 1886.

To all whom it may eoncern:

Be it known that I, SETH O. CATLIN, of the city and State of New York,have invented an Improvement in Spool-Hoiders, of which the following isa specification.

Spoois for thread and twine, nud also for water-closet or wrappingpaper, have been made with a central hoie, and a wire has passed throughsuch hole to form an nxis upon which the spool revoives in drawing offthe thread, twine, or paper, and in some instances u wire spring hasrestcd against the end of the spool or pnsscdinto the hole thereoftoproduce t 'friction and prevent the spool revolving too 'frcely when thematerials are drnwn off.

My invention relntcs to a holder constructed of wire, in which there isa. friction-spring within the opening through the spool, o coil ut theend of the axiatl portion of the wire, and the bow passing across andterminnting as zt hook to receive the free end of the axial wire,whereby the holder cnn be spru ng open for the insertion or renoval oi'the spool, and the how becomes the nenns by which the spool is held orsupported.

In the drawings, Figure l represcuts the improved holder in the formusually employed in connection with ordinary sewing. Fig. 2 shows theholder us adapted to receive a spool of cord or a roll ofwater-ciosetpaper, and Fig. 3 is a VCW ut rightangles to Fig. 1.

The spool H is of any desired size and churacter, according to thematerial that is wound upon such spool. The holder i's preferebly madeof one piece of wire, the part B forming the nxis upon which the spoolis rotated. The wire is bent back upon itself at 2, and the end portionof the wire is curved at D and forms an &Xiti frictionspring, suchspring being compressed by sliding the spooi over the nxis. This nxi-aispring applies the necessary frietion inside the hole in the spool toprevent the spooi revolving too freely and the material thereonunwinding, and this axai spring ac- Scrinl No. %16,461 (Ne model.)

connodetes itself to the ordinary Variations in the size of the &Kia-1hole, and also is available with large or Smail, long or short spools.

The wire is twisted into a coil at 3 with one or more convolntions, andthen it extends as e bow, K, that passes around at one side of the spooland terninntes as a hook, C, into which the nxis B is received after theletter has been passed through the central hoie of the spool. The coil 3forms a spring thut allows the bow K to be Sprung book suffieiently forthe insertion or removai of the spool.

In the bow K thereis a loop, and the cord or thread may pass through thesome, and usually the shieldpin A is fastened upon the bowK, so thntsuehshield-pin is thrust through the fabrie of the dress or other garmentworn by the person using the holder, so as to uttech the seine upon thegarment of the person; but in the cases of holders for twine or for wo.-ter-closet paper a stand ina-y be fnstened to the bow K, as indicoted bydotted lines at L in Fig. 1, or the holder may be Suspended by the eyee, or sustnincd in nny suitable mnnner.

The end of the wire ndjncent to the hook C is folded back upon itselfand formed with :L ronnding end, so :s to receive n thimble or similararticle between the spring end F und the body of the yoke, as shown bydoited tine, Fig. l.

I clnin as my inveution The wire spool holder having the wire double andwith n bow to form a spring-nxis, the coil 3 at the end ot' thespring-nxis, the how K, extending around froni one end of the spooi tothe other, and the hook C, thot receives the free end of thespring-nxis, substantially as set fot-th.

Signed by me this 13th dayof October, 1836.

SETH C. CAT-LEN.

XVitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, WALLA E L. SERRELL.

